Winter HagCreature 7

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Source Pathfinder Bestiary 3
Perception +16 (darkvision, see invisibility, snow vision)
Languages Aklo, Common, Jotun
Skills Athletics +13, Deception +17, Diplomacy +15, Occultism +15, Survival +14
Str +4, Dex +2, Con +3, Int +4, Wis +3, Cha +6

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AC 24; Fort +14; Reflex +13; Will +16;
HP 145
Speed 25 feet (climb 25 feet)
Immunities cold
Weaknesses Coldiron 5, Fire 5

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Ice Staff +17 (+12, +7) to hit (magical, two hand d8) 2d4+7 Bludgeoning + 1d6 Cold
Claw +16 (+12, +8) to hit (agile) 2d6+7 Slashing + 1d6 Cold

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Darkvision

A monster with darkvision can see perfectly well in areas of darkness and dim light, though such vision is in black and white only. Some forms of magical darkness, such as a 4th-level Darkness spell, block normal darkvision. A monster with Greater Darkvision, however, can see through even these forms of magical darkness.

Coven (divination, mental, occult)

A winter hag adds Cone of Cold, Solid Fog, and Wall of Ice to her coven's spells.

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This monster can form a coven with two or more other creatures who also have the coven ability. This involves performing an 8-hour ceremony with all prospective coven members. After the coven is formed, each of its members gains elite adjustments, adjusting their levels accordingly. Coven members can sense other members' locations and conditions by spending a single action, which has the concentrate trait, and can sense what another coven member is sensing as a two-action activity, which has the concentrate trait as well.

Covens also grant spells and rituals to their members, but these can be cast only in cooperation between three coven members who are all within 30 feet of one another. A coven member can contribute to a coven spell with a single-action spellcasting activity that has a single verbal component. If two coven members have contributed these actions within the last round, a third member can cast a coven spell on her turn by spending the normal spellcasting actions. A coven can cast its coven spells an unlimited number of times but can cast only one coven spell each round. All covens grant the 8th-level Baleful Polymorph spell and all the following spells, which the coven can cast at any level up to 5th: Augury, Charm, Clairaudience, Clairvoyance, Dream Message, Illusory Disguise, Illusory Scene, Prying Eye, and Talking Corpse. Individual creatures with the coven ability also grant additional spells to any coven they join. A coven can also cast the Control Weather ritual, with a DC of 23 instead of the standard DC.

If a coven member leaving the coven or the death of a coven member brings the coven below three members, the remaining members keep their elite adjustments for 24 hours, but without enough members to contribute the necessary actions, they can't cast coven spells.

Snow Vision

Snow doesn't impair a winter hag's vision; she ignores Concealment from snowfall.

At-Will Spells

The monster can cast its at-will spells any number of times without using up spell slots.

Constant Spells

A constant spell affects the monster without the monster needing to cast it, and its duration is unlimited. If a constant spell gets counteracted, the monster can reactivate it by spending the normal spellcasting actions the spell requires.

Craft Ice Staff (cold, downtime, evocation, occult)

A winter hag can spend 1 day performing a specific ritual to create a +1 Striking Staff of black ice. Once per day, she can use the staff to cast Cone of Cold. The staff's magic functions only in the hands of the hag who created it; for anyone else, it is a mundane staff. If the hag dies or if the staff remains in another creature's possession for 24 hours, the staff melts into a puddle of foul-smelling water.

Ice Climb

A winter hag can Climb at the listed Speed, but only on ice. She ignores difficult terrain from ice and snow, and she doesn't risk falling when crossing ice.

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Occult Innate Spells (DC 25, +17 to hit)

Cantrips (4th Level): Chill Touch, Ray of Frost
1st Level: Charm, Pass Without Trace (Constant)
2nd Level: See Invisibility (Constant)
3rd Level: Enthrall, Paralyze
4th Level: Fly (At Will), Ice Storm

Coven Spells (DC 23, +15 to hit)

1st Level: Charm, Illusory Disguise
2nd Level: Augury
3rd Level: Clairaudience, Dream Message
4th Level: Clairvoyance, Solid Fog, Talking Corpse
5th Level: Cone of Cold, Illusory Scene, Prying Eye, Wall of Ice
6th Level: Baleful Polymorph

Ritual

8th Level: Control Weather

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On long, dark winter nights, folk at the edges of civilization have learned to be wary of old women who come knocking at their door. They look for her tracks in the snow and other telltale signs to make sure she isn't a winter hag who plans to drag them off and feast on their bones.

In truth, winter hags are more subtle monsters, entrapping humanoids in schemes that create mistrust and anger within a village before picking off the residents one or two at a time, heightening the fear and anger of those who remain. When her work is done, a winter hag revels in the silence of a frost-rimed village in which no hearth fires are left burning.

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Foul creatures who appear as wizened old women, hags share little in common with the humanoids they terrorize. They are hateful entities whose greatest joy lies in the corruption and ultimate destruction of anything good and virtuous. Whatever power created the first hags is lost to time, but numerous hag varieties have arisen over the ages, each with their own powers and abilities to spread pain and suffering.

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Traits